Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30

[Tom Dimeo <am@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rene and Russ,

To add to the annoyance of listening to AM radio is the 
excessive processing some stations use.  Can either of you 
hear WHP 580?  Their processing is so extreme that I have to 
turn the volume way down and even then it gets fatiguing to 
listen.

The attack and release time of their processor is so fast and 
the volume reduction is so great that sometimes it's 
difficult to understand the traffic and weather over the 
sounders.  Some commercials are the same.

I can't imagine what they are trying to prove, they have one 
of the best signals in central Pennsylvania and certainly do 
not need that kind of processing.

Tom

** Message Separater **
>You're right, Russ.  Even at my age (59), as one who cut his 
>DX teeth and listening habits in the 60s, I have to admit 
>that unless I am specifically listening for DX, I very rarely 
>listen to terrestrial radio anymore, especially AM.  I just 
>get way too frustrated with the noise (IBOC hash, static, etc).


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